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Ataenius cylindrus
Ataenius cylindrus is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in the United States (Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New Yersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia).
From the article Ataenius cylindrus on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Adults reach a length of about 3.3–4 mm (0.13–0.16 in). They have an oblong, convex, moderately shining, black body.
In human culture
Specimens have been collected in half dry cow dung, but also on the dry ground surface under excrements.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Life history”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 214529.